Ethnic differences in quality of life in insured older adults with diabetes mellitus in an integrated delivery system

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1103-1110

  Laiteerapong, Neda ^a   Karter, Andrew J ^b   John, Priya M ^a   Schillinger, Dean ^c   Moffet, Howard H ^b   Liu, Jennifer Y ^b   Adler, Nancy ^c   Chin, Marshall H ^a   Huang, Elbert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

diabetes mellitus; ethnicity; geriatrics; health related quality of life; patient reported outcomes; race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNICITY; GERIATRICS; HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES; RACE;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84880294117     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12327     Document Type: Article

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